2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (355+ words) Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, along with two orders of nuns, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm and the Little Sisters of the Poor, filed a lawsuit last week to block Illinois’ assisted suicide law. These two…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1086+ words) The U.S. Justice Department failed to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters arrested in four major cities last year on charges of assaulting federal authorities — a record far below the norm in federal assault prosecutions. All of the dozen…...

4+ hour, 34+ min ago   (288+ words) A Republican congressman said he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday. U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says he was returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day…...

4+ hour, 40+ min ago   (1093+ words) The way Derrick Van Orden sees it, any Republicans in the U.S. House who distance themselves from President Donald Trump in this year’s midterm election aren’t just being foolish, they’re being disloyal. That’s why Van Orden, a two-term incumbent from western…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (981+ words) The next Chicago mayoral election will be held on Feb. 23, 2027. 10 candidates have formally announced campaigns so far, but others are expected to declare in the coming months. The list of hopefuls includes longtime insiders of Chicago politics as well as…...

5+ hour, 39+ min ago   (567+ words) Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Sunday he will seek a second term, ending speculation over his plans by making a forceful argument that he deserves four more years in City Hall to try to entrench his progressive agenda. Johnson campaign spokesman…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1713+ words) The new headlines seem to pop up daily. The Flock cameras were allegedly used by a former sheriff’s deputy in Wisconsin’s Kenosha County to stalk his then-girlfriend, who also worked as a deputy sheriff. In McHenry County, a police chief…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (829+ words) After a year in which some suburbs pushed back against Operation Midway Blitz through local laws prohibiting immigration enforcement on municipal property, questions linger over how effective those measures have been. During the opening weeks of the immigration enforcement campaign,…...

2+ day, 47+ min ago   (381+ words) Indulge me in a sports metaphor that Chicago fans of a certain vintage — geezers like me — can appreciate. If Democrats don’t convert President Donald Trump’s domestic, foreign policy and behavioral shortcomings into enough November midterm wins to regain House and…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (495+ words) Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul wants to have it both ways with two legal arrangements his office struck last week with Nicor Gas, the largest natural gas utility in Illinois, serving most of suburban Chicagoland. Nicor doesn’t directly employ the…...